I canât believe this argument is still going on. It is what it is, itâs the system as it is designed. If you find yourself in the bottom 10 of FBS your probably not filling the seats in the stadium and need money games to survive
The goal is to find that coach that can make the culture change (which at Akron would be a huge accomplishment) start to win & compete for MACC on a regular basis and create some excitement about the program and put butts in the seat.
once this happens you become more selective in your money games. Bowden almost did it. He didnât use all the social media platforms and advertising to build the excitement but he got to the MACC & we got more selective the year we had Nebraska & Northwestern and he blew his opportunity (I believe his stint at Clemson taught him to get people to use all the tools available)
had to start over, unfortunately at this time it doesnât appear Arth is capable, we probably will have our answer by end of next season, IMHO he is using all the tools available during season but is doing absolutely nothing in off season to drum any excitement up and he took the I will build it my way approach and cleaned house instead of using what you have & using the portal to speed the process up like Bowden did to better compete
Unfortunately if he doesnât take the next step to being competitive we will be starting the process over again and we will see what Guthrie is worth cause picking the right guy is HUGE, it isnât easy